BR Bullpen:Did You Know Archive12

This is an archive of articles that were featured on the Main Page as part of Did You Know? from August 22, 2024 to June 8, 2025

...what record Kenshi Sugiya set?

...what problems delayed Nic Enright's climb to the majors?

...what mark Kentaro Sekimoto broke?

...what Elías Osorio did that no Panamanian had done before?

...what records Kazuya Shibata set in Japan?

...what two leagues Ryan Mottl paced in victories?

...that Tsutomu Yamada tied the Central League single-game strikeout record?

...what event Monty Ward led in strikeouts?

...that Jillian Albayati was the first woman to play NCAA Division II softball and baseball games the same day?

...what record Yuji Kurohara once held?

...what team finished a perfect season by winning the 2025 NAIA College World Series?

...that Norio Ichimura was the oldest player ever picked in the NPB draft?

...what team record Hiroya Shimamoto set?

...what Taishi Hirooka accomplished that had not been done in 56 years?

...that Wim Geestman Sr. represented his country in three different sports?

...what record Koji Ohshiro set for his college?

...what controversial call Ken Kato was involved in during the 2012 Japan Series?

...that Jakub Vančura‎‎ won all three parts of the pitching Triple Crown during his career?

...what history Yukina Izumi made in 2019?

...what franchise history Daisuke Nakai made?

...in what event Hye-ryeon Won‎‎ won All-Star honors?

...what history Eva Ventrubová made in the Czech Republic?

...what Tsuyoshi Jobe accomplished that no Yomiuri Giants teenager had done before?

...what league Masataka Endo led in strikeouts?

...what historic hit Kyohei Iwasaki had for the Orix Buffaloes?

...that Miroslav Víšek has the best average in Extraliga history for a native Czech?

...what event Agnes Laura Berta Regoy led in runs?

...that Derek Gauthier won a RBI title his last year as a pro?

...what was unique about the first win by Jun Maeda?

...what history Sudarat Wiangkhamfa made for Thailand?

...what tournament Natsuki Kubo paced in ERA?

...what role Fabio Fiallo played when his country won its first Pan American Games baseball Gold?

...what history Kouki Kajiwara made in the Central League?

...what two leagues Enrique García led in runs?

...what Koichi Takada was only the second NPB player to do?

...what incident Jason Hagerty was involved in?

...what Atsushi Ugumori‎‎ accomplished that no one had done for the Yakult Swallows in 35 years?

...what season Luis González led Cuba in runs?

...what national record Hiroyuki Oshima held?

...what tournament Takahiro Kumagai led in steals?

...what historic start Made Ayu Oktaviani made for Indonesia?

...in what event Ryusei Gonda won MVP honors?

...what history Daiki Asama made in 2016?

...in what league David Glaude won All-Star honors?

...what Pacific League record Akira Matsumoto set?

...what record Yuto Kimura recently broke?

...what slugging title Marty Neff won?

...in what tourney Shion Matsuo was the All-Star catcher?

...what record Tomo Otosaka set?

...what MVP Ryuma Kidokoro won in 2016?

...with what impressive run Kohei Azuma began his career?

...what league Leandro Cedeño paced in dingers?

...what record Torai Fushimi tied?

...what event Ginji Miura led in ERA and wins?

...what record Satoshi Miyamori and Seiryu Kotajima share?

...what history Tokumasa Chano made with his first homer?

...what team mark did Isami Nomura set?

...that Jim Martin was once struck by lightning during a minor league game?

...in what departments Yunieski García has led Cuban hurlers?

...what Nobuyuki Okumura was the youngest player to do?

...what Masaaki Koga was the second player to accomplish in Nippon Pro Baseball history?

...what record Takumi Nasuno set?

...that Jun Takeshita was part of the only double no-hitter in Japanese pro baseball history?

...that Toru Ohata won five MVP awards in college?

...what historic home run Masahiro Nakane hit?

...what Yasuyuki Nakai accomplished that no one had done before in the long glorious history of the Yomiuri Giants?

...what award Tomio Kinoshita won in 1980?

...that Yoshinori Yamamura was the first NPB player to homer in his first two at-bats?

...what historic first battery Henry Davis was recently part of?

...what history Makoto Tsuchida' made?

...what MLB record Paxton Schultz tied in his major league debut?

...what was unprecedented about Hikaru Yamashita's debut?

...what Japanese home run record Richard Sunagawa holds?

...what record Yuhi Nishidate set?

...what history Hanifa Safiyandini made for Indonesia?

...what tournament Ryan Ward paced in home runs?

...what record Shosei Nakamura set in 2017?

...what historic home runs Ryo Ota hit?

...what title game Yudai Mori started for Japan?

...in what event Cristián Rodríguez was the All-Tournament shortstop?

...what record Kensaku Someda tied in 2005?

...what Central League record Taichi Okazaki set?

...how many times José Oyervides was a Mexican League All-Star?

...what Kenta Uehara did that no Pacific League player had done for seven years?

...what history Seiichiro Ohshita made in his first at-bat?

...what was unusual about Cam Smith's debut?

...that Aaron Fera was left off the All-Star team the year he won the OPS title?

...what award Geoff McCallum won in 2004?

...what bright spot Andy Vargas provided Cuba in 2024?

...that Ben Van Iderstine didn’t win the batting title when he hit .402?

...what unconventional route J.C. Escarra took to the majors?

...what event Sascha Egas led in RBI?

...what big role Troy Fortin played in giving Canada its first baseball medal at a Pan American Games?

...in what league Naomasa Yokawa won back-to-back home run titles?

...what categories Martin Čuta led his league in?

...that the father, uncle and grandfather of Jake Mangum all played professional football?

...what tournament Shoki Katsumata led in OPS?

...what notable game Jae-woong Shin played a crucial role in?

...what event Vincent Lhoste paced in ERA?

...what history Taek-hyeong Kim made as a rookie?

...what All-Star honors Taiga Hirasawa and Kengo Horiuchi won in 2015?

...what franchise record Seung-min Koo holds?

...what historic game Masayoshi Kanai pitched?

...how close Dong-seok Lee came to the first KBO perfect game?

...what history Jani Malovic made for Slovenia?

...in what league Heath Totten was an All-Star?

...what award Howard Prager won?

...what history Sarah Edwards is making this year?

...what record Taiga Kamichatani set?

...what national award Kevin Parada won?

...what big win Pedro Lemos got for his nation recently?

...in what upset win Sabin Ceballos got the decisive hit?

...what league Julián Ornelas led in doubles?

...what title-clincher Arnaldo Hernández saved in 2024?

...what honor Michael Arroyo took home last year?

...what event José Avalos paced in ERA?

...what Jong-yeol Lee did that no one has done before or since?

...that Jesús Vargas threw the third no-hitter in Caribbean Series history?

...what award Robert Fontana won less than two years before his death?

...in what league David Rodriguez won a home run title?

...what record Rolo Avila once held?

...that Jung-wook Um threw the fastest pitcher by a Korean hurler?

...why Tommy White received national media attention after his first few games as a college freshman?

...what honor Noah Perio Jr. took home in 2015?

...what record Chase Dawson set in 2021?

...that Félix Stevens led Cubs farmhands in homers in 2023?

...in what two leagues Brian Ward was an All-Star?

...what feat Deyvison de los Santos accomplished in 2024?

...what awards Rusber Estrada has taken home the last two years?

...what team records Zander Wiel set?

...that Jett Williams was the shortest first-round pick ever?

...what starring turn C.J. Hinojosa took in the 2014 College World Series?

...what historic trade Yohei Kagiya was part of?

...what All-Star honor Jake Whitney took home?

...what big homer Lyle Lin hit for Taiwan in 2024?

...what postseason record Jong-hun Kim once held?

...what crucial win Frandelis García got for Venezuela?

...what records Sang-jin Kim set?

...in what league Jeff Goldbach was the All-Star catcher?

...what incredible feat Caleb Pendleton performed in the first game of his college baseball career?

...what record Bong-ok Oh set?

...what was historic about Yoshiki Sunada's first win?

...how the 1993 Padres experimented with Derek Bell?

...what record Nobuyoshi Yamada set in 2018?

...in what tournament Tomohiro Anraku was the top starting pitcher?

...what gem Pavel Hernández pitched in 2024?

...that Tadahiro Ogino won three consecutive MVP awards in college?

...what league Daneurys De La Cruz led in OPS?

...what record Kazuya Tsutsui set in 2001?

...in what event Maycol Cockborn won All-Star honors?

...what franchise mark Kenichi Matsuoka set?

...what was remarkable about the 2002 season of Orlando Rodríguez?

...with what amazing stretch Kyosuke Takagi began his career?

...in what league Ryan Creek won the most games?

...what Taisho Tamai accomplished that no freshman had done before?

...what historic game Soo-won Bang pitched?

...what record Ikki Shimamura set?

...what Matt Tenuta and three other pitchers were traded for?

...what record Noriharu Yamazaki tied in 2014?

...what award Rainer Nuñez won in the winter of 2022-2023?

...that Nobukatsu Matsui held a record for 78 years before it was broken last year?

...what Akihiro Yanase did that no NPB player had done before?

...what honor Kyle Teel took home in 2023?

...what record streak was set by Masashi Sajikihara?

...what historic first Susumu Urushibara accomplished?

...what rookie record Yoshiaki Fujioka set?

...in what event Nanako Hanabusa was All-World?

...what Gakuto Wakabayashi did last year that had not been accomplished in the preceding 85 years of Japanese pro baseball?

...what was unique about Toyotoshi Chikada in NPB history?

...in what category Lázaro Armenteros led all minor leaguers in 2019?

...why Hiroaki Miyagi lied about his ethnic background?

...what history Andrés Álvarez made for the Altoona Curve?

...in what event Yi-Hsuan Chiu was the All-Star at third base?

...in what league Earl Byrne won a strikeout title?

...what historic appearance Takao Ise made in 1969?

...in what country Cade Gotta won an MVP Award?

...in what nation Karl Onzia won a Triple Crown?

...what history Daniela Leal made for Mexico?

...that Taylor Bloye was the first player from his college to sign with a MLB team?

...what home run title Shawn Ross won last year?

...what record Mikiya Tanaka tied in 2022?

...what title Jong-un Lee guided South Korea to?

...in what league Andretty Cordero won back-to-back All-Star honors?

...what Tatsuro Iwasaki was the first player to do?

...what record Won-woo Cho holds?

...that Koji Otsuka never won a starting job in 12 seasons yet was a frequent postseason star, setting records?

...in what country Glen Buckley won a MVP?

...what history Yusuke Kosai made?

...how Jean Walters followed in his grandfather's footsteps 62 years later?

...what record Shingo Tatsumi set?

...what franchise history Hideki Asai made?

...what 58-year-old record Shinji Ohara tied?

...that Robert Corniel once shared a record with Shohei Ohtani?

...what role Sang-yun Lee played in giving the Haitai Tigers the first of their many titles?

...the interesting and varied details of Shan Deniston's career in sports?

...what marathon game Seong-man Jeong pitched in 1983?

...what history Michael de León made in the 2014 Arizona Fall League?

...what record Oh-jun Kwon set in 2006?

...that Mike Sirota was traded before he played a pro game?

...what Sang-mok Lee's claim to fame is?

...how Sam-heum Jeong got his nickname?

...what league Michal Lisko led in strikeouts?

...what unique feat Ho-yeon Jang accomplished?

...what record Dong-soo Shin held for 26 years?

...what minor league record Yusniel Padrón-Artiles is believed to have tied?

...what rookie record Jung-hyun Park has held for 25 years?

...what major injury Lou Markle overcame?

...what record Jin-sung Kim set?

...in what event Mia Valcke won All-World honors?

...what is unique about the career of Bo-geun Lee?

...what title game Miyu Shimizu won for Japan?

...that Chang-sik Song worked as a high school coach for a couple years before his best years as a pro pitcher?

...in what championship clinchers César García played a key role?

...what franchise record Jung-ho Lim holds?

...what historic start Nur Afrina Azman Ali made for Malaysia?

...in what event Chang-sik Yoo was named the top reliever?

...how Donovan Casey became a phantom major leaguer?

...that Tae-il Lee was the first KBO rookie to throw a no-hitter?

...what record Won-jin Jang set in 2000?

...what award Seung-gwan Yang was an inaugural winner of?

...what underhanded tactic cost Mun-jong Hong a chance at a batting title?

...that Alfredo Zárraga was traded straight-up for a major leaguer after just one season as a pro?

...what honors Kyeong-sik Shin took home in 1983?

...what Yong-bin Seo was the first rookie to accomplish in the KBO?

...what record Jong-seok Yeom set as a rookie?

...what Hee-soo Moon did to win Korean Series MVP?

...that Jeong-soo Kim holds the career Korean Series win record?

...what honor Chan-ho Park was an inaugural winner of?

...what historic RBI Marek Chlup had for the Czech national team?

...what crucial catch Young-tae Park made for South Korea?

...that ambidextrous thrower Carlos Cortés has made it to AAA?

...what record Jung-hwa Lee held?

...what Dong-ki Kim was the first KBO catcher to accomplish?

...that Yon-kyu Ji spent two years as a high school coach before coming out of retirement and becoming an All-Star?

...what history Cha-hun Son made for the SK Wyverns?

...what KBO record once belonged to Pil-sung Kong?

...what record Sung-bo Shim set in 1998?

...in what event Hee-sung Mun was the All-Star DH?

...what key role Sung-yong Lee played in his team's first Korean Series title?

...that Luke Ritter has led Mets farmhands in homers the past two summers?

...what role Antonio Menendez played in helping Team USA win their most recent medal?

...what award Yu-dong Kim was the first winner of?

...what KBO record In-sik Kim has held for 41 years?

...what record Hyung-cheol Gye held for 14 years?

...what history Yong-hee Kim made?

...what record once belonged to Il-kwan Kim?

...that Jun-hwan Kim has held the Korean Series OPS record for 37 years?

...why Doo-yeol Yoo won Korean Series MVP when he hit .143?

...what Sang-soo Kang was the first KBO rookie to accomplish?

...what notable firsts Hak-soo Ham accomplished?

...what Dae-seok Oh did that no KBO player had done before?

...that Sun-woong Lee was the only .300 hitter in the history of the Chungbo Pintos?

...what awards Matt Shaw has raked in over the past three years?

...what record Gun-woo Kim set in 1986?

...what historic win Ruderly Manuel got for his country in 2021?

...that Jae-yeong Wee was the first pitcher for the Hyundai Unicorns?

...who was the MVP of the 2002 World Junior Championship?

...what KBO record Hyung-kwang Joo holds?

...what history Kenny Hernández recently made for Panama?

...what major victory Yong-gyun Shin picked up for South Korea?

...in what event Bautista Ramón and his brother were both among the ERA leaders to help bring their nation Gold?

...what managerial history Takashige Kanehiko made in 1982?

...that Gyu-bong Hwang was the first KBO save leader?

...that Dong-kyun Yun was the first person to both play and manage in the KBO?

...what title-winning hit Eugene Helder had in 2020?

...what event Seo-hyeon Kim led in strikeouts despite being a relief pitcher?

...what All-Star honor Drake Baldwin had last year?

...what medal game Young-ha Lee won for South Korea?

...in what country Oscar Bustamante won an OBP title?

...what career record Woong-cheon Cho held in the KBO?

...what league Ryan Huntington just led in saves?

...what historic start Young-ho Kwon made in 1982?

...what Kyu-hyun Moon was the first KBO player to accomplish?

...in what tournament Ki-pyo Kim won the ERA title?

...that Tine Zaletel was the first pitcher for his country in a European Championship?

...what historic game Yong-hoon Lee pitched in 2011?

...what record Haruto Inoue helped set with his first win?

...what record Han-wool Kang set?

...that Clarence Caasalan was named the All-Star shortstop and All-Star relief pitcher in the same event?

...what history Jin-yong Seo made in 2023?

...what MVP honor Leo Quaglia won in 2024?

...what franchise first Hyun-sik Jang accomplished?

...what league Leandro Emiliani led in OBP?

...what crucial homer Ju-hyoung Lee hit for South Korea?

...what Sung-mun Song did in 2024 that no KBO player had done before?

...in what league Dayson Croes has been an All-Star the last two seasons?

...what big win Do-gyu Kwak got this fall?

...in what 2023 event Taek-yeon Kim was an All-Star?

...in what league John Hussey is among the career top-10 in both strikeouts and saves?

...what KBO record Hoon Jeong set?

...what event In-wook Jeong paced in strikeouts?

...what record Po-Hao Huang set in Taiwan?

...in what category Hae-soo Jin ranks third in KBO annals?

...what role Pedro Reinoso played in a historic title for the Dominican Republic?

...what history Jung-rak Shin was part of in 2014?

...what records Virgilio Kaa set in Panama?

...that Min-sik Kim is the only position player to have pitched in a KBO All-Star Game?

...why Yankiel Mauris did not pitch for three years?

...in what event Seung-yeup Na drew the most walks?

...what team history Kang-ryul Kim made?

...what was notable about Luke Westphal's AAA debut?

...what department Il-eon Choi once led the KBO in?

...what big win Yugo Maeda got for Japan?

...how Young-kyu Kim got his nickname?

...that Naomi Ryan was the youngest player in the 2023-2024 Women's Baseball World Cup finals yet still was an All-Star?

...why light-hitting catcher Dionisio Acosta made two Halls of Fame?

...what Hai-young Jung and his father accomplished that no father-son combo had done?

...what historic homer Beom-seok Kim clubbed in 2023?

...how Rayshelon Carolina made history for Curaçao in 2023?

...what Seung-woo Ju and his brother became the first duo to achieve?

...what honor Víctor Mendoza claimed in 2019?

...what award Kyu-je Cho took home in 1991?

...what records Jon Hunton set?

...that Do-yeong Kim tied the Asian record for runs in a season while becoming the youngest 20-20 (and youngest 30-30) player in KBO history?

...what All-Star honor Ju-won Kim won in 2023?

...what Hyun-bin Moon did that no one had accomplished before for the Hanwha Eagles?

...what event Fumimaru Taura led in strikeouts despite being a reliever?

...what record Byeong-hyeon Jo tied this year?

...what Ji-chan Kim did that no KBO player had accomplished prior?

...that Bo-gyeong Moon is the youngest LG Twins player to go deep in a Korean Series?

...what team record was set by Min-hyeok Shin?

...that Hyun-wook Kim was the first KBO full-time reliever to have a 20-win season?

...what Yeong-hyun Park was the youngest pitcher to do?

...what Koki Kitayama was the first Nippon Ham Fighters rookie in 68 years to accomplish?

...what history Shinnosuke Abe made in 2019?

...what slugging title Yeicok Calderón won?

...that Madison Willan has won a hockey Gold Medal in addition to her baseball Bronze Medals?

...in what league Omar Luna won the batting crown?

...what department Mark Freed led all of minor league baseball in during 2003?

...that Tomáš Ondra led the European Championship in ERA ten years after he led the European Junior Championship in that category?

...what big run José Ramos scored for Colombia in 2023?

...what Wing-Ki Mui was the first Hong Kong player to accomplish?

...what event Denise Pérez led in RBI?

...what record Chin-Te Yu holds?

...what MVP Shun Takaichi won in 2005?

...what ended the career of Satoshi Fukuda?

...what was unique about GJ Hill's third-place tie for home runs in the Northwest League in 2024?

...what history Alessandro Ercolani made for his country?

...what records Yutaka Enatsu set in his career?

...what circumstances made Alan Rangel a phantom major leaguer?

...what All-Star honor Dayan Frías won in 2023?

...what two gems Armando Quijada pitched for Mexico in the 1970s?

...what records Joey DeNato set for his college?

...what historic win Martin Viramontes got for Mexico?

...what honor Alexis Rivero took home this past winter?

...what record Chia-Kai Liu holds in Taiwan?

...what true story inspired the novel Les derniers des Asahis?

...what career mark belongs to Wei-Cheng Lu?

...what historic win Víctor Vargas had for the Colombian national team?

...what tournament Chris Burke led in doubles?

...what Felipe Lira was the first Venezuelan-born pitcher to do?

...what All-Star honor Sandro Fabián won?

...what league Mike Pitz paced in victories?

...what history Noelia Moreno made for the Dominican Republic?

...in what event Scott Wearne won All-Star honors?

...that Samuel Aldegheri was the first major league pitcher born and raised in Italy?

...what event Michael Flaherty led in RBI?

...what unusual situation delayed Keaton Anthony's pro debut?

...that Jeffrey Passantino was the last pick of the draft but made it to AAA?

...that Chandler Simpson was the first player in over a decade to steal over 100 bases in a minor league season?

...what history Masaki Takashio made in Taiwan?

...what year Takehiro Ishii won both regular-season and postseason MVPs?

...what ERA title Jose Salcedo won?

...in what league A.J. Leday won a home run title?

...what Ryuki Watarai accomplished that no one did in the first 73 years of the Central League?

...what record Shun Mizutani set this year?

...what contributions Dong-hee Yoon made to his team's 2023 Gold Medal?

...what record feat Hiromi Oka accomplished?

...what home run title Eric Segura won?

...what non-baseball Hall of Fame Hugh Evans was elected to?

...what All-Star honor Mitchell Edwards won in 2019?

...that Clayton Campbell was the first player from his country to sign with the Detroit Tigers?